I like to read novels set during the Civil War. I am familiar with the horrors of war and the horrors of slavery. Most of the time I can handle dark fiction but this one was even too depressing for me. This book is well written, but it jumps around a lot from Eli's childhood to present day where he is being tortured in a cave. I have done a lot of research and have not found much evidence of soldiers being tortured at least not to this extent. His drug induced ramblings are interesting but the story didn't seem to have a coherent story line.

This is an original, well researched story. However it is clearly not for everyone. ( )